[luckymann]

OK, wanting to also try and get to the bottom of the ratings drop-offs I am seeing, I'm going to run a second test using the InteGREATed mod DB and the 212 NeLers comprising it, along with the same group of MLBers I used in Test 1.

Same process as Historical 1, except I imported the initial FA with double weight applied. The two subsequent Draft pools I did not apply double weight.

Same deal with the fake stat adds and alma mater affiliation at the Draft reveal.

Again played thru end 2017.

If anything, even MORE inconclusive. No wonder I'm not a scientist...

The only conclusion I have come to is that I must have been incredibly unlucky or done something wrong in setting up the Gulf League save that prompted all of this in the first place, and will be attempting a do-over with it from scratch, post-haste.

I'll still do the fictional league test if for no other reason than my own enlightenment and erudition.

I have attached the spreadsheet with the FA ratings on import and all players at end 2017. I have filtered out the pitchers, as I somehow missed including their initial ratings, but they are there if you select them. The ratings in blue are the end-2017 ones.

I'm off for a nap, this has been traumatic for my old brain.

G